How to make the workplace fairer for women

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The Employment Lawyers Association, representing 6,000 employment lawyers, gave evidence this week to the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee on Women in the Workplace

The gender pay gap has multiple causes: a complex set of solutions is required
to address it. There is a difference between equal pay for equal work and
pay disparity arising from broader cultural/societal issues such as
under-representation of women in senior roles, job segregation, a lack of
quality part-time work and the impact of motherhood on women’s careers. What
can the law do?

To date, except for the “equality” duty in the public sector, employment laws
have chiefly focused on eliminating negative behaviour – that is, stopping
discrimination in terms and conditions of pay.

Now, though, the focus needs to

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